I'm in Amsterdam and I'm having a blast. I've flown literally half way around the world and in about 4 hours I'll start flying the other half. The flight was long but wasn't as bad as I thought. My seat had its on personal TV and there were a ton of movies to pick from. I watched the new Alice in Wonderland movie. Glad I got to watch it for free on the plane because it really wasn't my favorite. I ended up watching three movies and they also had a function on the screen where you could get updates on where the plane was in the world which was great.
I think there was about 1.5 hours of darkness outside during the whole flight. I've always heard the northern part of the world doesn't get much night time during the summer and now I've seen it.
The lady that sat next to me on the flight was crazy. She tapped on my shoulder about every 5 minutes (not exaggerating on this one) to ask me to help her do something. She couldn't figure out how to get the TV to work, she couldn't figure out where the bathroom was, you name it I had to help her. At first it wasn't bad but after about 3 hours of that it became frustrating. She would even tell me I bet it's driving you crazy that I keep bugging you for stuff. I just smiled and said no your fine but she was driving me crazy. Then about halfway through the flight she lost her ipod. We had 5 people searching for that thing and couldn't find it. I really thought she was going to break out in tears. She was on the verge of crying. When we landed she reached in her front pocket of her jeans and there was her ipod. Not sure how she didn't feel it there the whole time but whatever. O yeah and we got two choices for dinner. Pasta or Chicken. The lady kept begging me to get the opposite of what she wanted so she could try both. I don't hardly eat after my own child, there is no way I'm eating after the stranger from Tucson. Anyways, sorry for all the detail on her but that is what I dealt with for 9 hours last night.
Amsterdam today was interesting to say the least. I like the city. I think one of the things that amazed me was how narrow most of the roads are. It reminded me of a James Bond movie. Very old and cool and I love how most of the roads are brick. There isn't anything that just stands out about Amsterdam that makes me want to spend the money to come back but I'm glad I've been able to come here and I'm glad I'll have one more day one my way home.
I did go to the Van Gogh museum today and it was wonderful. It blew my mind at how amazing those paintings looked and they were painted over 130 years ago. There are some beautiful works of art in the museum.
I've been really tired today because the lady on the plane wouldn't let me sleep. She'd even tap my shoulder while I was trying to sleep and would wake me up. I probably wouldn't have slept much anyways. I left the city earlier than I had anticipated because I was so tired. I came to the airport and took a very warm shower which felt great. It woke me up and gave me a burst of energy. It's amazing what a shower and brushing your teeth can do.
Anyways having a great time and I can't wait to get to China. I leave in a few hours and have an 11 hour flight. I'm running on about 28 hours without sleep so I'm praying I can sleep on this flight. Thanks for following the blog. I can't wait to get to China to see what 'he' does in all our lives.
